Legalize it! Town mayor's dogs shot by SWAT team in erroneous drug bust

[Alex]

If nothing else it is time for a significant curtailment of no knock warrants. Along with horrible stories like this are where innocent people defending their home against unidentified intruders and then are arrested for shooting a policeman.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Alex

If nothing else it is time for a significant curtailment of no knock warrants. Along with horrible stories like this are where innocent people defending their home against unidentified intruders and then are arrested for shooting a policeman.

I couldn't have said it better myself. No-knock warrants are for the dogs. It's not like they knew there were violent criminals in the home in a hostage situation or something.

I've been reading other articles about this story (you go, Mr. Mayor! Keep this in the press!), and in one of them, when someonementioned that the dogs were shot because they were posing a threat to the cops, the mayor's retort was supposedly, "If you'd knocked I would've put the dogs away."

The mayor didn't see the shootings but can you imagine what it must have been like? A bunch of strangers with their guns drawn, the dogs were probably defending their home from these home invaders! They died trying to defend their home.

The more I think of this incident the angrier I get.

I really hope the mayor sues them, and I really hope he has the energy to move a the no-knock warrant mountain.

[Technically though, the warrant said nothing about it being a no-knock warrant. Apparently it has to say that on the search warrant in order for them to burst in like that.]

LAWSUIT!!!!!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Tenigma

No-knock warrants are for the dogs.

That made me cringe a little bit.